καταχράομαι, καταχρωμαι; 1 aorist middle infinitive καταχρήσασθαι; in classical Greek 1. to use much or excessively or ill. 2. to use up, consume by use (German verbrauchen). 3. to use fully, the κατά intensifying the force of the simple verb (German gebrauchen) (Plato, Demosthenes, Diodorus, Josephus, others): 1Co_7:31 (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 18; Winer's Grammar, 209f (197)); τίνι, 1Co_9:18.

καταχράομαι katachraomai 2x to use downright; to use up, consume; to make an unrestrained use of, use eagerly, 1Co_7:31 ; to use to the full, stretch to the utmost, exploit, 1Co_9:18

** κατα -χράομαι , -ῶμαι , [in LXX : Ep. Je.28, 3Ma_4:5 ; 3Ma_5:22 * ;] to make full use of, use to the uttermost, use up: 1Co_7:31 ; c . dat ., 1Co_9:18 (for other senses, v. LS , s.v. )..†

καταχράομαι [page 335] The intensive force of this compound use up, use to the full, which is found in 1Co_7:31 , may be illustrated from P Oxy II. 281 .14 (A.D. 20 50) where a woman lodges a complaint against her husband ὁ δὲ Σαραπίων καταχρησάμενος τῆι φερνῇ εἰς ὃν ἠβούλετο λόγον οὐ διέλειπεν κακουχῶν με καὶ ὑβρί [ζ ]ων , but Sarapion, having squandered my dowry as he pleased, continually ill-treated and insulted me (Edd.) : and similarly P Tebt II. 334 .12 (A.D. 200 1) where a woman complains that, after the death of her parents, her husband carried off all that they had left her to his house κ̣[αὶ αὐ ]τὸς κατα̣[χρῆται , and is using it up (Edd.). Cf. also BGU IV. 1105 .17 ( c. B.C. 10) ὁ δὲ ] διαβαλλόμενος Ἀσκληπιάδης ἐ̣π̣ε̣[ὶ ἐ ]νέα̣ι̣ν̣ε̣ δ̣ι̣ὰ̣ τῆς συμβιώσε̣ ω̣ς̣ [ἀ ]π̣ο̣, μ̣η̣δ̣ν̣ο̣, ς̣ καταχρησάμεν̣ο̣ς̣ τ̣ο̣ῖς̣ π̣ρ̣ο̣κειμένοις κακουχία̣ς̤ ( sic ) μ̣ε̣ καὶ καθυβρίζει καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐπιφέρων χρῆται ὡς ο̣ὐ̣δ̣ε̣, ἀρ̣γυρω̣ν̣ήτ̣ωι , ib. 1133 .10 (B.C. 18) αὐτο (ὺς ) δὲ τῷ παντ (ὶ ) [εἰς τ ]ὸ ἴδιο (ν ) κατακεχρῆσθαι . On the other hand the verb is practically = the simplex in P Petr III. 39 ii. 15 τοῦ προσηγμ [ένου καὶ ] κατακεχρημένου [θ ]ρύου with reference to rushes used in irrigation works, ib. 46(3) .3 πλίνθου καταχρησθείσης εἰς τοὺς οἰκοδομηθέντας τοίχους , P Oxy III. 494 .20 (A.D. 156), a will in which the testator leaves to his wife certain monies καταχρᾶσθαι εἰς τὸ ἴδιον , to use for her personal requirements, and Preisigke 4630 .15 (ii/A.D.) ἐκ τῶν παρασκευασθέντων ἡμῖν πρὸς τὸ δ̣[ῖ ]πνον κατάχρησαι . From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 653 .62 (B.C. 91) μηδὲ γραψάτω μηθεὶς δόγμα , ὅτι δεῖ ταῦτα τὰ διάφορα εἰς ἄλλο τι καταχρήσασθαι , OGIS 669 .19 (i/A.D.) οἱ τῆι πρωτοπραξίᾳ πρὸς ἃ μὴ <ι > δεῖ καταχρώμενοι .

καταχράομαι fut. -χρήσομαι perf. -κέχρημαι [Etym: perf. -κέχρημαι both in act. and pass. senses] aor1 -εχρήσθην Dep. "to make full use of, apply", c. dat., Plat. , Dem. "to use to the uttermost, use up", c. acc., Dem. "to misuse, abuse", c. dat., Plat. of persons, "to make away with, destroy, kill", c. acc., Hdt. ;—so aor1 καταχρησθῆναι, in pass. sense, id=Hdt. "to pretend, allege", Dem. Act.

κατα-χράομαι, -ῶμαι [in LXX: Ep. Je.28, 3Ma.4:5 3Mac 5:22 * ;] to make full use of, use to the uttermost, use up: 1Co.7:31; with dative, 1Co.9:18 (for other senses, see LS, see word)..† (AS)